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boys' dresses : national styles -- United States problem figure 12
American Boy Dresses: Assessment Problems--Figure 12
Figure 1.-- Here we have a tin-type portrait of an unidentified child wearing a frilly white dress. As with almost all tun-types here is no accompnying information. We are not sure when the portrait was taken, but mght guess the 1870s, but again we are not sure. There is not a lot to go on in tems od assessing the date. We can more reliably estimate age, probably about 4-years old. The child certainly looks like a boy, but we are not sure. Note the beginning of a center part. This usually indicated a girl, but is less definative with younger children.
Here we have a tin-type portrait of an unidentified child wearing a frilly white dress. As with almost all tun-types here is no accompnying information. We are not sure when the portrait was taken, but mght guess the 1870s, but again we are not sure. There is not a lot to go on in tems od assessing the date. We can more reliably estimate age, probably about 4-years old. The child certainly looks like a boy, but we are not sure. Note the beginning of a center part. This usually indicated a girl, but is less definative with younger children. Tin-types frst appeared along with Ambros (1850s) as a type of cased portrats. Unlike Dags and Ambros, they did not disappear (1860s) like CDVs and cabinet cards appeared. But they were mainly relegated to bare-bones studios or temporary studios like those at state fairs, circuses, and amusement parks. You can see that here with basic set even though the child is dressed up for the portrait.
